Hyderabad/New Delhi: In a move that is expected to boost air connectivity in remote areas, the civil aviation ministry proposes to incentivise airlines flying to these towns and cities by waiving off landing, parking and navigation charges at specified airports.
Also, the route dispersal guidelines (RDG) first notified in March 1994, have been revised. The revised guidelines will also recalibrate the capacity scheduled air transport operators need to deploy for connecting Tier-II and -III cities.
A senior official told Business Standard that the ministry had identified 20-25 cities where airlines would not have to pay landing, parking and navigational charges (these account for around five per cent of carriers’ cost).
He added, according to the revised guidelines, airlines would be required to deploy six per cent of their total capacity on routes in the Northeast, Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Towns like Bagdogra and Jammu would be de-clubbed from the regions and there would be no binding norm for capacity deployment for these cities.
At present airlines are required to deploy ten per cent of their capacity on metro routes on category II routes which include the Northeast, Kashmir and other areas.
Read News in full 14/03/14 Aneesh Phadnis & Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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